Category Archives: bad drivers

It took a while this year but finally it is getting warm in Norway. And because the weather was so nice I made a full length video of an 1 hour and 15 minutes ride. So if you want to see how a “normal” ride in Norway looks like here is the link to the video:

I also have the feeling that the traffic gets used to bikes on the road again. I haven’t had much problems with bad drivers lately. It’s a good time of the year! And vacation time is not far any more as well.

It was great sunny weather in March for some days so I had some very nice (though a bit cold) rides already. Unfortunately it didn’t start so nice regarding the traffic. Maybe the car drivers are too much used to few bikes on the road during the winter? This one happening here was something special. I am used to more rough behavior when cycling on busy roads but this time I was pretty far away from the villages on a quiet country road and then this gentleman (or woman?) passed me unnecessarily close. Not a big deal so far, but then the driver used the wiping-system coincidentally right after passing. Pretty strange behavior..

It’s the middle of winter in Norway and not much happens regarding cycling. But when I went through last year’s events, I thought that I will start a new category here which is a bit different from the rest: a compilation of terrible car drivers. I started to use a GoPro last autumn and got only one of those on camera yet. But I am sure there will be more examples in the future.
I think car drivers in Norway are in general pretty nice and take care of the high race biker population in this country but there are always these few idiots who pass you dangerously close, honk or annoy you in another way. This is a first example of some moron passing while there is opposing traffic:

I always try to cycle close to the side-strip to give cars as much space as possible but in these cases I wonder if it would be better to cycle a meter into the road (as many cyclists do) to prevent these kinds of passing. Or I finally install the paintball gun on my bike?